Chapter 1501: Chapter 1477: You Are Here Too
Bai Erlang: “What does this an? What do you an by ‘unexpectedly there’s also ’?”
Manbao said: “The Prince didn’t tell there’s also you.”
Bai Erlang: …
Bai Shan approached and asked: “Was the Prince the one who added us to the list?”
Yang Heshu also ca up and said: “So were added by the Prince, so were considered and included by the court officials.”
The three then looked at him together and asked: “Yang Scholarly Senior Brother, you were present at the ti?”
Yang Heshu shook his head, “I wasn’t there, but my father was.”
He looked at the three with a complex expression and said: “You three are on the list because of that petition regarding the reorganization of the Imperial dical Office. All three of your nas are on it.”
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang both turned their heads towards Manbao in unison, “You’re also on it?”
Manbao proudly said: “Of course I’m on it. Not only am I there, but I’m different from you; you’re there to study, I’m there to revise books!”
Manbao was quite proud and said joyfully: “Perhaps I’ll even have a rank.”
Yang Heshu actually nodded, “You do have a rank, but before my father left the palace, the Emperor hadn’t decided yet, so it’s still uncertain what rank you’ll be given.”
Primarily, the current dynasty has no female officials, so even with rely a nominal title, it’s hard to bestow. But if she’s not bestowed one, letting Zhou Man work for nothing would be quite embarrassing for the Emperor.
Yang Heshu said: “It’s easier to bestow a title as a dical officer; there’s precedent.”
“An Upper Grade dical woman is ranked eighth grade. Beyond this example, you can be given the title of dical Officer, but the rank though…” He smiled and said, “I ca here today to see you, aside from asking you a few questions, I also wanted to remind you, while the Emperor’s decree hasn’t been issued yet, next ti you enter the palace, you should pay your respects to the Empress, strive for a higher rank, so that when you enter Chongwen Pavilion to revise books, your voice carries more weight.”
Books aren’t that easy to revise; do you think you can just write with a pen?
That’s called writing a book, not revising a book.
Sotis revising a book can be more hair-pulling than writing one, what’s content to include, what content to exclude, the proportion of this content should be how much…
You have to discuss each item and each detail. Zhou Man, being young and with little experience, if she can’t overpower others with official rank, she won’t even have a voice in the Editing Departnt.
Don’t assu Imperial Physicians won’t try to suppress others; in this aspect, even Director Xiao personally stepping in might not be useful.
As for the rit of revising books, just see how academic editors in Hanlin Academy break their heads over compiling books, and you’d understand. When Zhou Man was rely a folk doctor, everyone was happy to give her face, after all, her dical skills were good. After accomplishing sothing, the most she was rewarded with were gold and silver or jewelry, which didn’t conflict with the rits others gained.
But once she enters the Editing Departnt, she’s one of the compilers, and with limited rits, if she takes so, others will get less.
Of course, there are those who keenly seek rit and those eager to revise books, but honestly speaking, there might not be any who don’t care about rit.
Even him, since he took on this task, he has to think about achieving rit.
And he and Zhou Man are naturally on the sa side, whether for himself or for friends, he had to remind her, “The petition for the Imperial dical Office was submitted by you all, the higher your rank, the more the Imperial dical Office can develop according to your wishes.”
Manbao started to ponder, “It seems I haven’t entered the palace to check the Empress’s pulse for a long while; shall I go to the imperial palace tomorrow then?”
Yang Heshu then nodded.
So the four of them moved to the study, and after eting up with Mr. Zhuang, they sat together.
The three parties exchanged so information, only then was this matter filled in fully. Of course, none had as complete information as Yang Heshu.
Clearly, the Prince was also involved, but he only told Manbao a few things, leaving out other important information.
But Yang Heshu was different, although much was relayed by Marquis Yang, yet he detailed everything.
Only then did they realize that actually, the matters of Chongwen Pavilion and the Imperial dical Office had been discussed constantly, but a decision couldn’t be made because while so court officials supported, others opposed.
When the case of Hou Ji was judged previously, the ministers barely agreed to the Prince’s suggestion for Chongwen Pavilion to recruit talents, yet they directly cut half of the list he proposed.
Chongwen Pavilion is newly established in this dynasty, the initially set student quota was twenty.
So far in this dynasty, the only one honestly studying at Chongwen Pavilion is the current Prince, after all, the previous Emperor rebelled and beca Emperor; the current one, well, he beca Emperor after being the Prince for several months, and his son was already running around. With outstanding military achievents, he didn’t need to go study at Chongwen Pavilion.
Because it’s the first, all sorts of rules weren’t set firmly.
When the current Prince was young, the twenty students in Chongwen Pavilion were all his companions, chosen from royal relatives and families of court officials ranked third grade and above.
Back then Su Jian was one of them, and he was the one who played best with the Prince.
Later, these students, after completing studies, scattered to various places taking official positions, or grew up only to return ho to inherit titles, or entered the East Palace to beco the Prince’s belonging officials…
Then the students at Chongwen Pavilion were gone, leaving only the Prince as a student.
No choice, with his lack of improvent, the Emperor was so worried, he kept sending strict teachers, hoping one could produce an outstanding student.
As a result, the Prince drove away these teachers one by one, even Libationer Kong, who taught him since he was enlightened, ran off.
Now he wants to recruit talents, but the list he submitted gathered a large group of people. The court officials, seeing it, didn’t think he was recruiting companions but recruiting trusted aides.
Looking at the list he gathered, he practically gathered mbers from royal relatives, noble families, and offspring of court officials ranked fourth grade and above into it.
Not to ntion the court officials, even the Emperor couldn’t help but have a headache.
This was blatant forming of factions and favoritism.
However, the Emperor wasn’t angry at all, just a bit exhausted and removed the unsuitable ones, consulted his opinions, and started to reorganize the East Palace’s team for him.
No one truly believed that the Prince wanted to recruit so many people, including the Emperor, they all thought he was using this to warn and retaliate against Prince Gong, or throwing a tantrum.
But this ti his tantrum was at least directed in the correct path, not running directly to Luozhou to beat people up at Prince Gong’s mansion, so the Emperor gave in, holding his breath.
Bai Shan and these students drawn from the National Academy are younger, their major role in Chongwen Pavilion is indeed as companions.
While the people chosen by the Prince and the Emperor are aid to be officials of the East Palace and trusted aides of the Prince, forming his team.
So after picking and choosing, in the morning, the big figures held discussions with the Prince again in Taiji Hall, finally settling the list.
anwhile, they finalized the affairs of Chongwen Pavilion, and still the Prince’s old acquaintance, his teacher from childhood—Libationer Kong!
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